newly developed
variety, authorization
of the breeder of the
registered variety shall
be required. As under
conventional breeding,
there is one time use
of a transgenic variety
for development of a
new transgenic variety,
authorization shall not
be required.
Apart from the rights
available to farmers
under Sections 28 and
30, mentioned above,
farmers have also
specific rights under
Section 39. They are
entitled for registration
and protection of
their varieties under
the PPVFR Act. They
are also entitled to
save, use, sow, resow,
exchange, share or sell
his farm saved seed
of a variety protected
under the PPVFR Act.
Therefore, the PPVFR
Act is harmonious
amalgamation of rights
of all stakeholders in
the Indian context.
MR ASN REDDY
Mr ASN Reddy is a seed industry
veteran with more than 35 years of
industry experience across various
functions. He is a post graduate in
Seed technology and held several
key managerial positions such as
CEO Delta Agrigenetics, COO of
SeedWorks, Seed Operations-Head
in Nunhems and Seed Quality Lead
in Pioneer, etc. He is currently the
President, Seedsman Associaiton,
Hyderabad, one of the oldest industry
association in India. He is also serving
as the General Secretary of the
National Seed Association of India
(NSAI) and has been and a champion
of industry and farmer issues.
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